Honors Education   |   Faculty Interest Group at Kingsborough

Welcome

Honors programs in higher education have traditionally been the purview of elite, BA-granting institutions. This faculty interest group, however, concerns questions around honors education in the community college setting. While Kingsborough’s Honors program offers students many academic opportunities (CUNY Honors Conference, Distinctions, Honors Symposium, the National Collegiate Honors Council conference, Salzburg Global Seminar, Vassar College Exploring Transfer program), some questions fundamental to collegiate honors education remain to be explored:

•  what is the point of honors education at a two-year college?
•  what do honors courses actually do for students?
•  how does teaching an honors course differ from a regular class?
•  what is the profile of an honors student?
•  how can honors academic and co-curricular experiences be assessed?
•  how one can challenge highly motivated and academically capable students to move beyond regular course requirements?

We’re open to exploring philosophical questions as well as practical issues, and look forward to discussing topics of common interest as well as brainstorming solutions to challenges unique to Kingsborough.

Please note that Robert Cowan will be on a leave of absence for the 2015-16 academic year, so the FIG will be facilitated by Professor Tina Orsini.

Group Facilitators

Tina Orsini, T.C., Ed.D.
Assistant Professor